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First the official bit - sorry, I have to say this :) No liability will be accepted for any accidents - damages caused by attempting to dance any of these moves. Take care and dance safely, within your limits and with regard to your partner's limits and the surroundings! The moves in The Jive Treasure Box are intended to act as a point of reference for people who have danced these moves before (or similar) and want to be reminded of how they go, or discover new ones. The descriptions are in no way intended to replace a proper dance lesson and teacher and never will. Tips are listed in places but you only get the whole picture in a proper lesson where it is demonstrated properly. There are always risks involved in dancing any move, but some of those listed here are more dangerous than others (drops, seducers, contra-spins or archies and arial moves). Such moves have special comments added in the comment field warning accordingly.
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| Graphic | Description |
 | No graphic available |
 | R arm out at waist height |
 | RH up at shoulder height |
 | LH behind back |
 | RH up flat |
 | Make loop with LH onto R forearm behind back |
 | No special signal |
| rating | Description |
| You can dance this with anyone without getting close. | |
| Some contact is involved but you can dance it effectively apart. | |
| These are good if you are both happy dancing in a flirty way. | |
| These are intimate moves that wont work at all at arm's length so make sure you are both happy being close. | |
Searching for moves
At the top of both screens there are search options. You can view
all moves of a certain class (such as those derived from first move, or manspin
etc) or all moves of a certain level - (easy, hard etc) and so on. To do this select your
required options from Move finder basic.
You can also view all moves with certain styles (drops, kicks, jivey etc). To do this tick one or more boxes from Move finder advanced and ensure all options in Move finder basic are set to Any..... Click update to see the new selection of moves.
This can return many move descriptions and so you can narrow down your search by selecting more than one option from either of the move finders.
Finally, to narrow down further if you have options set in Move finder basic then selecting option(s) in Move finder advanced will only apply to those already found in Move finder basic.
While you are selecting basic options note that the list is updated in real time, showing characteristics of each move for comparison. Clicking on a heading will sort by that column (ie sort by date, or name..). At present, names and classes sort alphabetically (starting at a) and all other columns sort reverse alphabetically (highest numbers first).
List mode
The moves found by Move finder will be displayed in
a list in the middle of the screen. The number of moves in the list can be increased to view more, but some
selections can show so many moves it is best to narrow your search down a bit or
the page could get big!
The number of moves found and those displayed is always
shown just above the list in the navigator and you can click update
results to refresh the screen at any time.
Finally you can click on the name of a move to see its full description directly below or use the icons to the right to print the move or even change to browse mode and start browsing moves from that place in the search!
Browse mode
The number of pages of moves found and the current page number is always displayed just
above the list in the navigator and you can click update
results to refresh the screen at any time.
Once you have selected your moves use the arrows to step through them, go to first, or last, and you can click on the links (1 2 3 4 ..) to go directly to particular ones though only the first 20 moves will have direct links. You can view up to 4 moves per page.
The procedure is fairly straight-forward if you are already familiar with how moves are described and classified on this site.
It is recommended to have your move description written down in a text editor (such as notepad) before you enter it into the site. This is just in case something goes wrong with the addition - you don't want to have to write it all again!
These are the steps to adding a move:
- Enter your details. Name and website will be added to the credits which appear when the move is displayed.
- Enter email address. This is kept internally only and will only be used to contact you if there are problems with your submission.
- Enter the name of the move. You can check to see if the name is already used. If you feel an existing move in The Jive Treasure Box has an incorrect name, please mail me to let me know.
- Enter a move class. This is the main way the moves are catagorised. The class is the basic move from which the move was derived. Often there are more than one influencing class so the one which most completely describes the move is used.
- Check the hands and signal are correct. If not, or if they are not entered at all, correct them for your move.
- Rate your move, in rating, level and contact.
- Enter the description you have prepared and any useful comments which will accompany the description
- Finally click on submit, review what you have entered and confirm the submit. At this stage the move will be added and you will not be able to change it.